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- Pipeline4,951
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Coal / Uranium Mine
Garzweiler Coal Mine
Largest coal / uranium mine in Germany of 9 · top 2% worldwide (#68 of 4,963)
- Operator
- RWE AG
- Owner
- RWE Power AG
- Status
- operating
- Mineral
- coal
- Output
- ~20 Mtpa
- Commissioned
- 1940
- Retired
- 2030
Comparable coal / uranium mines · Germany · 9 ranked
- #1Garzweiler Coal Mine
- #2Hambach Coal Mine
- #3Welzow-Süd Coal Mine
Co-located infrastructure · within 25 km
- Garzweiler3.8 km · Coal / Uranium Mine
- Frimmersdorf power station9.2 km · Power Plant · 2.5 GW · coal
- 380 kV Neurath 2b|3c;220 kV Neurath 1a12 km · Transmission Line
- 380 kV Neurath 2b; 220 kV Neurath 1a12 km · Transmission Line
- 380 kV Neurath 2b;220 kV Neurath 1a12 km · Transmission Line
- Rechenzentrum Hartmann GmbH & Co. KG12 km · Data Centre
- Neurath power station14 km · Power Plant · 2.2 GW · coal
- Neurath power station14 km · Power Plant · 2.2 GW · coal
- Hoeningen-Oberaußem Gas Pipeline17 km · Pipeline
- Station Paffendorf18 km · Substation / Converter
- Umspannwerk Rommerskirchen19 km · Substation / Converter
- Rotterdam Rhine Pipeline — Wesseling-Venlo-Wesel20 km · Pipeline
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SOURCE: Global Energy Monitor · Global Coal Mine Tracker (GCMT) (CC BY 4.0)